Obituaries

Andrew Palmer
Aug 29, 2016
Andrew "Drew" Jacob Palmer, 8, of Cadiz gained his angel wings on Monday, August 29, 2016 at UPMC Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh following a courageous battle with Ewing's Sarcoma bone cancer. He was born September 30, 2007 in Steubenville, Ohio and Drew shares his birthday with his mother Elisha Palmer. Drew was a third grader at Harrison East Elementary School...

Lavonne Dunlap
Aug 25, 2016
Lavonne L. Dunlap, 96, of Cadiz died Thursday, August 25, 2016 at her home. She was born August 20, 1920 in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania a daughter of the late Charles G. and Jean Epler Leeser. She was a former teller having worked at the 1st National Bank and Equitable Savings and Loan in Cadiz, a member of the Presbyterian Church of...

Charles Wheeler
Aug 25, 2016
Charles Tracy "Bugga" Wheeler, 44, of Cadiz, died Thursday, August 25, 2016 at his home. He was born February 7, 1972 in Bellaire, Ohio a son of Vernon Wheeler of Cadiz and the late Sheryl Lynn Muze Wheeler. Bugga was a mechanic for UPS. He was widely known for his skill on the football field as a Cadiz Cardinal before...

John Taylor
Aug 22, 2016
John Raymond Taylor, 54, of Moorefield, died Monday, August 22, 2016 at Gables Care Center, Hopedale. He was born February 10, 1962 in Akron, Ohio, a son of the late Hershell (Joe) and Evelyn Miller Taylor. John did editing for recordings and was a roofer. He served in the US Navy, and enjoyed fishing, gardening, reading and surfing on his...
Kathy Garvin-Duffley
Aug 12, 2016
Kathryn (Kathy) Jean Fulton Garvin-Duffley, 65, of Louisville, OH, formerly of Cadiz, went home to be with her Lord Friday, August 12, 2016. Kathy was born August 25, 1950 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a daughter of Letha I. Wilson Fulton of Cadiz, and the late C. Howard Fulton. Kathy was a 1968 graduate of Franklin High School, New Athens and...

Robert Sedgmer
Aug 4, 2016
Robert J. Sedgmer, 90, of Cadiz, died Thursday, August 4, 2016. He was born June 24, 1926 in Cadiz Twp., Harrison County, Ohio, a son of the late Lewis Stanley and Adoline Liggett Sedgmer. Mr. Sedgmer was a member of Scott United Methodist Church in Cadiz. He was a retired Utilities Supervisor at ODOT District 11, having served over thirty...

Linda Ferrell
Jul 22, 2016
Linda K. Ferrell, 67, of Cadiz, died Friday, July 22, 2016 at Liza's Place in Wheeling, WV. She was born December 10, 1948 in Adena, Ohio a daughter of the late Joseph and Helen L. McAfee Hojnacki, Sr. She was retired teller from the Equitable Savings and Loan in Cadiz. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
Robert Trice, Jr.
Jul 22, 2016
Robert William "Bill" Trice, Jr., 75, of Hopedale, died Friday, July 22, 2016 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. He was born March 17, 1941 in Pleasant Unity, PA, a son of the late Robert William Trice, Sr. and the late Gladys Johnson Trice. Bill was a self employed cable splicer for forty-six years. He was a member of the...

William Weaver
Jul 17, 2016
William E. Weaver, 71, of Cadiz, died Sunday, July 17, 2016. A private service will be held at the convenience of the family. Memorial contributions may be made to The Presbyterian Church of Cadiz, 154 W. Market St., Cadiz, OH 43907. Service Tuesday, July 19, 2016 2:00 PM Clark-Kirkland-Barr Funeral Home, Inc. 172 South Main Street Cadiz 4390, United States

Daniel Gale, Sr.
Jul 17, 2016
Daniel V. Gale, Sr., 64 of Jewett, died Sunday July 17, 2016 at Lifeline Hospital in Wintersville, Ohio. He was born October 9, 1951 in Steubenville, Ohio a son of the late Fred and Alberta Lawrence Gale. He was a former coal miner having worked at Y&O Coal Company Nelms Mine and worked for the Harrison County Auditor's office in...
Danny Keller, Jr.
Jul 10, 2016
Danny Keller, Jr., 44, of Jewett, formerly of Cadiz, died Sunday, July 10, 2016 at Harrison Community Hospital, Cadiz. He was born October 2, 1971 in Steubenville, OH, a son of Danny and Judy Ward Keller, Sr. of Unionvale, OH. Danny was a member of Sprindale Friends Church and was a Supervisor at Leiden Cabinet in Strasburg, OH. In addition...

Joyce Maxwell
Jul 6, 2016
Joyce P. Carothers Maxwell, 75, of Cadiz, died Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at Lifeline Hospital in Wintersville. She was born October 9, 1940 in Cadiz, a daughter of the late Bennie Carothers, Sr. and Violet M. Steiner Carothers. Joyce was an active member of the First Apostolic Church in Cadiz for over 65 years. She was a retired Nurses Aid...

Thomas Reed
Jul 2, 2016
Thomas Henry Reed, 78, of Jewett, died Saturday, July 2, 2016 at Trinity Twin City Hospital in Dennison, Ohio, the result of an auto accident. He was born December 17, 1937 in Waynesburg, Ohio, a son of the late Charles Lester and Hattie Mae Nolf Reed. Tom was a retired Oiler for Schiappa Coal Co. He enjoyed deer hunting, fishing,...
Evelyn Giacobbi
Jun 30, 2016
Evelyn Maxine Giacobbi, born October 30, 1933, of Cadiz Ohio passed away into our Lord's embracing arms on 06/30/16. She left this world, surrounded by her children's love, from her home that she and her husband John (Jack) Giacobbi built and resided in most of their married life. Surviving are her family: Lorri Giacobbi Valli Davenport (husband - Zane Davenport)...

Thomas Johnson
Jun 29, 2016
Thomas Allen Johnson, 16, of Moorefield died Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at his home. He was born April 6, 2000 in St. Louis, MO, a son of Dennis and Ruth Smith Beach. Tom was a student at Belmont Joint Vocational School in St. Clairsville. He enjoyed mowing grass and learning to drive. He hunted, fished and wanted to be a...

Mary Gooding
Jun 24, 2016
Mary Louise Gooding, 96, of New Athens, died Friday, June 24, 2016 at Harrison Community Hospital in Cadiz, Ohio. She was born October 17, 1919 in Wallace, WV a daughter of the late Ota Jefferson and Elsie Hildreth Pigott. She was a member of the New Athens United Methodist Church and the Freeport Order of the Eastern Star #319; and...

Oma Porter
Jun 11, 2016
Oma K. Porter, 95, of Hopedale, formerly of Navarre and Canton, died Saturday, June 11, 2016 at Gables Care Center in Hopedale. She was the daughter of hte late Noah and Lillie Polen Cline. Mrs. Porter was a retired secretary from Ford Motor Company, Ventron Co. and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. She owned her own ceramics business. She was...

Dwight Spaar
Jun 8, 2016
Dwight D. "Doc" Spaar, 72, of Cadiz, died Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at Lifeline Hospital in Wintersville, Ohio. He was born October 22, 1943 in Martins Ferry, a son of the late Charles and Sarah Jeffers Spaar Claring. He was the former Cadiz Police Chief and currently worked at Orme Hardware in Cadiz; he was an Army veteran having served...

Joy Porter
Jun 7, 2016
Joy Y. Porter, 82, of Cadiz, died Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at OVMC in Wheeling, WV. She was born March 27, 1934 in McAllen, Texas, a daughter of the late Van and Mildred Cox. Joy was a member of the First Church of God in Cadiz where she played the organ and piano. She served as an officer for the...

Mary Cooper
Jun 7, 2016
Mary Ellen Cooper, 75 of Cadiz, died Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at Allegheny General Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA. She was born October 12, 1940 in Toledo, a daughter of Willis and Lesta Butcher Davis. She was retired from the Group Home in Smithfield, attended Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church and loved to help with the food bank at Harcatus...